We enjoyed a late season ski descent on Hvannadalshnukur. When we arrived in Skaftafell, the local guides told us they had stopped guiding clients on the peak three weeks before our arrival due to crevasses that had opened beyond what they felt were safe to guide. We decided to investigate the route, and found snow bridges that crossed the 5 crevasses on the route. Conditions included poor visibility due to fog, (~100' visibility for most of the ascent) making a GPS with a preloaded track a necessity.

Went with a big group from Boot Camp (www.bootcamp.is) and our guides were Iceland Mountain Guides (www.mountainguides.is).

We started around 5am in overcast weather with very light rain.
When we were up to 700-800 meters the clouds suddenly vanished and we climbed in a beautiful weather. Clear skies and calm wind.
We reached the summit after about 7 1/2 hours of long walk. A bit of wind on the summit but beautiful views!

In a group of 8 (1 guide and 7 guests) to the summit. Not difficult but a long hike of 24.5 Kilometers (up and down) and 2000 m elevation gain. Fine day with good weather over the clouds and awesome views of Vatnajökull-Icefield.

Winds of about 50-60 mph and rain forced our group to turn around about 6000 feet. Other than crevasses, the climb is relatively easy although there's a lot of elevation gain. Will submit trip report once I get all the Icelandic peaks I climbed added.